Embattle
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Battlefield Heroes
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PLightstar
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Its guna be free, so its worth a little look, I like the customising aspect of it and the advertising is only supposed to be on the loading screens, and as its supposed to run well on low-spec machines its perfect for my machine at the moment. (Though they make the loading screens longer than needed to advertise to you)
Mabs
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torrent ?
lol thieving pikey?
and all indications point to it being an attempt to rip off TF2 with the cartoony effects (you may not be familiar with that, what with having to , you know, BUY it to play it)
PLightstar
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Finally got a Beta key in my inbox today and gave it a quick go, expect a long wait for it to D/L the first time then you can jump straight in after that. Plays as you would expect a BF game to. Its rather unbalanced at the mo with more EXp players have tons of health and noobs like me having no health.
It needs a sprint option or at least make the players run faster, takes ages to actually get anywhere and can get frustrating when you die and have to travel there at snails pace even in a tank or jeep. The physic's system is a bit odd and things don't act like you think they would.
Anyways being a Beta you should expect the bugs and by the looks of things they have a long way to go and a lot of polishing to do, yet it is a blast and worth recommending but I had to wait a year for I got a Beta key, hopefully other people will not have wait so long
It needs a sprint option or at least make the players run faster, takes ages to actually get anywhere and can get frustrating when you die and have to travel there at snails pace even in a tank or jeep. The physic's system is a bit odd and things don't act like you think they would.
Anyways being a Beta you should expect the bugs and by the looks of things they have a long way to go and a lot of polishing to do, yet it is a blast and worth recommending but I had to wait a year for I got a Beta key, hopefully other people will not have wait so long
DaGaffer
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There is a sprint option - you have to equip it from the abilities section.
Wonk
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Aada
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This game is very boring compared to the other BF series i just can't bring myself to play it anymore ;/
Wonk
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It's decent imo. It needs more maps, however I enjoy planting mines every, just to see every man and their dog fly around in the air after the explosions
I expected you to say yes though
after all we've been through together...... in PES. BABELPOWER
DaGaffer
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Its also broken. The last update introduced Punkbuster and its knackered the whole game for thousands of people who just get kicked randomly. Its actually unplayable. Think I'll avoid until the beta is over.
PLightstar
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I can't even connect anymore, Was just getting into it and the update has broken it for me and many many others.
Wonk
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Embattle
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Noticed the other day that it seems to of been released sort of on the QT since the site to play seems to be different - https://www.battlefieldheroes.com/
Newcomer Guide - The Newcomer Guide - Battlefield Heroes
I've played it a bit over the weekend and while certainly interesting it is without question not good enough and seems to have many issues still that will probably kill it off fairly quickly.
The game is free but the games main limitations are within the model they use for actually trying to make money via the purchasing of Battlefunds. In essence Battlefunds are purchased with real money and used to buy certain in game items such as clothing. They can also be used to purchase things suchs as XP (Increases Leveling Speed) and VP (Buy Items) boosts and I expect more questionable items in the future.
Firstly a talk about leveling, the game has a leveling element and the higher your level then generally the more powerful you are since you can use the HP point you get each level to improve certain abilities.
Matchmaking is my utter hate about this game, it is also for me the cornerstone of its failing since in theory it should make the game level by matching players of the same sort of level off against each other however I get the feeling this just doesn't work.
Take for example the other day, not only were Royals outnumbered throughout the 2 hours I played by 1-3 players but the level of the Nationals was generally higher ranging from 16-19 whereas no Royal was above level 10 which may not seem that big but with some 10+ extra ability points it almost becomes impossible to kill someone that high above you. The whole issue is made worse by the rigid way in which there is no team swapping, remember you pick one of your heroes at the start and that is the one you stay on unless you leave the game.
Newcomer Guide - The Newcomer Guide - Battlefield Heroes
I've played it a bit over the weekend and while certainly interesting it is without question not good enough and seems to have many issues still that will probably kill it off fairly quickly.
The game is free but the games main limitations are within the model they use for actually trying to make money via the purchasing of Battlefunds. In essence Battlefunds are purchased with real money and used to buy certain in game items such as clothing. They can also be used to purchase things suchs as XP (Increases Leveling Speed) and VP (Buy Items) boosts and I expect more questionable items in the future.
Firstly a talk about leveling, the game has a leveling element and the higher your level then generally the more powerful you are since you can use the HP point you get each level to improve certain abilities.
Matchmaking is my utter hate about this game, it is also for me the cornerstone of its failing since in theory it should make the game level by matching players of the same sort of level off against each other however I get the feeling this just doesn't work.
Take for example the other day, not only were Royals outnumbered throughout the 2 hours I played by 1-3 players but the level of the Nationals was generally higher ranging from 16-19 whereas no Royal was above level 10 which may not seem that big but with some 10+ extra ability points it almost becomes impossible to kill someone that high above you. The whole issue is made worse by the rigid way in which there is no team swapping, remember you pick one of your heroes at the start and that is the one you stay on unless you leave the game.
DaGaffer
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I don't have a problem with the Battlefunds idea (although it is badly implemented from an e-commerce POV - I'm amazed people used their own credit cards in the beta), although the only real benefit is the XP and VP boost. I've used battlefunds as a free code a couple of times (last months PCG and an email offer), but you don't need them to play the game.
Which is great in theory, but as you say below, less good in practice.
Its the player number imbalance problem rather than the levelling itself that's the problem. I've already gotten a couple of characters up to level 18 and I'm working on a third, so there's more to a player's level than meets the eye (my level 12 player may not have all the abilities of a level 19, but its not an insurmountable obstacle because experience makes up for it).
What is very difficult is when the other side simply has more players than you. For some reason, every kid on the internet wants to be a Nazi so Nationals always seem to fill their slots more easily than Royals. It doesn't always matter, but on the infantry only maps its almost impossible to win with fewer players.
I think some of these issues will be ironed out when they allow you to choose your own server, (in plan) and once the bulk of players reach level 30 and have the same abilities.
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One problem i found (regarding Vista) was i needed to run IE as Administrator. If I did not do this, I'd click on Play and it'd scan my files via the little applet, then that would close
I have played it for a little while, but wont pay any money for battlefunds because I find it's hard enough getting into a game. Maybe it's because im low level?
I have played it for a little while, but wont pay any money for battlefunds because I find it's hard enough getting into a game. Maybe it's because im low level?